Traditionally, database management systems (DBMSs) have been associated with high-cost, high-quality functionalities. That is, powerful capabilities are provided, but only in response to careful design, procurement, deployment and administration. This has been very successful in many contexts, but in an environment in which data is available in increasing quantities under the management of a gr...

In wireless Grid computing environment, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) could be very complex, and this highlights the increasing requirement for the management of QoS itself. Policy quorum-based management offers a more flexible, customizable management solution that allows controlled elements to be configured or scheduled on the fly, for a specific requirement tailored for a customer. Thi...

background this study aimed to examine strategic collaborative quality management (scqm) impact on employee job satisfaction.   methods the study presents a case study over six years following the implementation of the scqm programme in a public hospital. a validated questionnaire was used to measure employees’ job satisfaction. the impact of the intervention was measured by comparing the pre-i...

As software evolves, maintenance practices require a process of accommodating changing requirements while minimizing the cost of implementing those changes. Over time, incompatibilities between design assumptions and the operational environment become more pronounced, requiring some regions of the implementation to require repeated modification. These regions are considered to be “unstable”, an...